How does a marriage survive when a long-term physical disability enters into the picture?
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If the physical disability occurs well before you two tie the knot (you are aware of such) which means you accept the fact of the disability, any future routine endurance, frustration and the like should be expected following.
However, such a marriage needs an extra mile to survive because of this also. The other half really pays a price for the marriage. (I didn't say sacrifice) One needs patience, acceptance & understanding to make it on the run.
Some healthy couples' marriages end up in divorce but a few with a long term physical disability lasts till the end.
LOVE
Only with commitment and unconditional love and God at the head.
It is the in sickness and health and for better or worse part... we might all be facing it some day, eh? Love is a commitment in addition to whatever else it might be.
If one is in love with the person- not their body, there shouldn't be a problem.
Total Answers: 6, Total Page Views: 390.By soul union- or failing that there are places to go.There is one at the end of the corner of my street in between the chinese and the dentist.
In case you ever need to know, in the Netherlands and now the UK, sexual whatever you call it , constitutes one of your human rights. So, if you are wheelchair bound in Manchester, one of the duties of your carer will be to take you 50 miles down to Chester, where there is such a residence with a ramp and thus wheelchair access.
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